{"id":27717,"date":"2020-09-18T16:54:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T15:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=27717"},"modified":"2020-09-18T16:54:23","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T15:54:23","slug":"governments-kickstart-scheme-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=27717","title":{"rendered":"Government\u2019s Kickstart Scheme launched"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-27718\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Kickstart_180920.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"148\" \/>The government has launched the Kickstart Scheme, which provides funding to employers to create new 6-month job placements for young people who are currently on Universal Credit and at risk of long-term unemployment \u2013 and and opened it for applications from employers.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image: Open Government Licence v3.0<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Government writes:<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to employers to create new 6-month job placements for young people who are currently on Universal Credit and at risk of long-term unemployment.<\/p>\n<p>This is part of the government\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/topical-events\/a-plan-for-jobs-2020\">Plan for Jobs<\/a> and aims to create hundreds and thousands of new, fully funded jobs across England, Scotland and Wales. The first placements are likely to be available from November.<\/p>\n<p>Funding will cover for each job placement:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>100% of the relevant National Minimum Wage for 25 hours a week<\/li>\n<li>the associated employer National Insurance contributions<\/li>\n<li>employer minimum automatic enrolment contributions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There will also be extra funding to support young people to build their experience and help them move into sustained employment after they have completed their Kickstart Scheme funded job.<\/p>\n<p>Young people can <a href=\"https:\/\/jobhelp.campaign.gov.uk\/kickstart\/\">find out more about the Kickstart Scheme<\/a> at the jobhelp site.<\/p>\n<p>This collection includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>guidance for employers and representatives of employers on how to apply for the grant<\/li>\n<li>contact details for the Kickstart Scheme<\/li>\n<li>promotional materials that supporters of the scheme can use in their communications<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See the video on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ir8OkmPy9YA&amp;feature=youtu.be\">Kickstart Scheme<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/collections\/kickstart-scheme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The government has launched the Kickstart Scheme, which provides funding to employers to create new 6-month job placements for young people who are currently on Universal Credit and at risk of long-term unemployment \u2013 and and opened it for applications &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=27717\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27717"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27720,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27717\/revisions\/27720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}